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M Carville
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 22, 2014 - 08:19pm PT
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Calaveras Dome - aka "Little Yosemite". High quality/multi-pitch granite adventure routes without the park hassles or crowds.
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M Carville
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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High TImes (aka silk road) 11b. one of the best multi-pitch crack climbs in the US.
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rincon
Trad climber
Coarsegold
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Sep 22, 2014 - 08:32pm PT
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If that place was 3 hours from Los Angeles, there'd be climbers all over it!
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 22, 2014 - 08:44pm PT
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And Ron also forgot to mention that it's completely lousy with poison oak, and often the slabs are hotter than a cast iron skillet, and every belay is infested with angry biting ants.
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M Carville
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2014 - 08:50pm PT
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... total adventure!
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M Carville
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2014 - 08:56pm PT
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right you are, but keep it on the down low:)
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Sep 22, 2014 - 08:57pm PT
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Mexican cartels may well have a number of grow operations in the vicinity and guard their turf with extreme predjudice. Also there Is no services of any kind, Including cell service, within a half hour drive. Your on your own, dont have any expectations of rescue in the event of mishap.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:04pm PT
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So what youre saying is that we will be ron-free when we visit cal dome? Splendid.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
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Sounds like real climbing to me.
Gotta check it out.
What other long moderates grace the flanks?
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:12pm PT
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Guess you got to do something in your old age....poor thing
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M Carville
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2014 - 09:13pm PT
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this guy's only 25 years old and this is what he looks like after just one day climbing at cal dome.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:16pm PT
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What a hell hole. No wonder people never talked about bitd. It should be removed from the map.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:20pm PT
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Thats what happens when certain people enter a discussion narcissistically, and are upset because they cant climb anything there. Sooo, they shoot it! Dingaling dingdong!
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:22pm PT
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Cal dome is good sh#t, hardly a secret, and I welcome the bugs, oak, and bush....and Hansi has been 25 for the 20 years ive known him....give me your secrets o counselman...
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Sep 22, 2014 - 09:32pm PT
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On a serious note; the last time I was in there , several years ago,the campsite nearest the bridge looked like it was being used as the local dump. Greg and I took out two 33 gal garbage bags full and hardly made a dent. Do yourselves and the community of climbers a favor, when visiting there not only take out your own trash, but also remove some extra.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Sep 22, 2014 - 11:10pm PT
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The thread should be deleted, and the OP banned for life.
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pinckbrown
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe, CA
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Sep 24, 2014 - 09:47am PT
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I live in Woodfords, Calif. Last year, we left my place at 6:30 AM, drove 51 miles to the Ellis Rd turnoff, down to the dome, climbed Old Smokey, and drove back to Woodfords in time for dinner @ 6 PM. Having not been there for several years, we wasted at least an hour wandering around on the approach. Did not see any snakes and did not have poison oak problems. No one there except the Dam keeper & a low flying Cessna.
. Bob Pinckney
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pinckbrown
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe, CA
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Sep 29, 2014 - 11:23am PT
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Old photo of the Hidden Wall with Jeff Altenburg
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Sep 29, 2014 - 12:18pm PT
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Pretty much every semi serious climber I know has climbed on it. There are a lot of people climbing the Silk Road and War of The Walls on most in season weekends. If the thing was not hot as hell in mid summer, it would be a great spot for cragging.
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Impaler
Social climber
Oakland
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Sep 29, 2014 - 01:13pm PT
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Silk road was awesome. Really well protected too! Are there any other good harder routes there that are reasonably protected for my next visit? We looked at Karakorum Highway and it looked too mossy to be fun. Tsunami? Laughing Hyena? Original sin? Other than an old picture from Jim T. of someone on Tsunami I never hear of anyone climbing there. Nothing other than silk road and war of the walls at least.
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